Archive for August, 2006

British Royal Family items for auction

Friday, August 18th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are selling their unwanted bric-a-brac at an auction in Gloucester.
Hundreds of gifts and trinkets, such as furniture, table lamps and tennis racquets, are being auctioned with a starting price of £5 on Friday.
The Kents, who are the Queen’s first cousins, are having a clear-out after selling their [...]

Roy Keane donates boots to charity auction

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

An online fundraising auction in memory of a Nottingham Forest player who died of liver failure has been boosted by a donation from Roy Keane, it emerged today.
The Irish football legend, who retired at the end of last season, has given a pair of his boots for the auction in aid of the British Liver [...]

eBay UK sellers threaten strike

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Angry eBay sellers are threatening to boycott the UK auction site next week in protest at changes introduced to attract more buyers.
eBay has made the changes to its Shops service, which lets sellers have all their eBay listings in one place, because it was “impairing†the buyer experience.
On 2 August, eBay reduced the [...]

Bonhams’ Scottish Sale - Edinburgh Aug 24

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Two early pictures of the celebrated Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh, known from this year’s blockbuster ‘The Da Vinci Code’ as the resting-place of the Holy Grail, will be offered in Bonhams’ Scottish Sale on August 25th.
Dating from the mid-19th Century, thus coinciding the advent of photography, they comprise an architectural composition in an [...]

eBay sellers plead with Google to launch on-line auction site

Friday, August 11th, 2006

An online group of eBay merchants called “Google we need an auction site.” Has been growing rapidly over the past few days. Their newly formed Google group can be found online at: http://groups.google.com/group/auctionplease
The description of the group reads “We are eBay store owners who have been “dismissed” by eBay through extreme rate hikes. We are [...]